Fire Tower Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Crab Orchard Stone
· Surface
Controlled by
James M Flynn
Pikeville,
Van Buren County,
TN
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4003420
Fire Tower Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
37
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,911
proposed penalties
$694
paid to date
14% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,217 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
24
inspections on record
186
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 186 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fire Tower Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$694
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,177 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 568 | 2 | 0 | 3521.1 |
| 2024 Q1 | 200 | 1 | 0 | 5000.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 300 | 4 | 0 | 13333.3 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q2 | 325 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 325 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 300 | 7 | 3 | 23333.3 |
| 2020 Q4 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 350 | 4 | 3 | 11428.6 |
| 2019 Q4 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 400 | 3 | 0 | 7500.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 200 | 2 | 1 | 10000.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 200 | 1 | 0 | 5000.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 200 | 3 | 0 | 15000.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 20000.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,976 | 2 | 0 | 1012.1 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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